PABoxster

Yes, I am in the US. Do you know where I can get the immobilizer control box besides the Dealer? Is that $350 from the dealer or an internet price. Is it easy for me to get to the immobilizer to see if there is corroded leads? I know it is under the seat but I have never taken the seat out before and not sure how hard it is to remove the seat. Thanks so much for all the great posts! Yours seems to make the most sense so far. Oh, and no way it would be a faulty chip in the key right? Thanks!!! Chris

I will check the carpet but I am thinking that it is not wet. No reason for it to be wet. I have never even used the factory alarm unit. When I purchased the car, the dealer only had one key and it did not unlock or lock the doors so they had a second spare key made but that too did not have a remote on it. I had an alarm put in from tweeter over 5 years ago. How much will it cost to have this alarm control repaired or replaced? Any ideas? Could the chip in my key be faulty as well? Thanks for your help!

So I plugged in the Duremetric and crossed my fingers that it would read any faults and it did. Can anyone tell me the approximate costs for parts and difficulty in repairing this problem? P1602 Porsche fault code 660 CAN timeout - Instrument Cluster P1571 Porsche fault code 39 Immobilizer Thanks again for everyone's suggestions! Chris

Fuses are all good. I have a dumb question. I have the Durametric device. Gonna hook it up. If the engine will not start, do you think the CE light could still be on for the device to tell me a code? Reason I am asking is before when the engine would start up after I let it sit overnight, there were no CE or other lights. Thanks! I am gonna give it a shot within the hour and cross my fingers it tells me something so I go on a wild goose chase.

1997 Boxster - Here is whats going on: Everything has been running fine. The other day I was driving around. Then Stopped and filled up with gas. Went to my office to pick up a few things. Went out to leave and it won't start. Cranks just fine, battery sounds strong, just will not start. I call my brother-in-law comes a little while longer to see whats going on. He starts it after one or so attempts and it starts. We let it run for a while. Everything sounds great and normal. You can rev it, no problems. So he leaves and says well maybe it was flooded. Makes sense, not sure hot it got there but possible. I go inside to grab a few things in my office and get ready to leave. Just to make sure, I turn the engine on and office a few times. Starts right up no problem. I start driving, a few minutes later... all lights go on, engine completely shuts down. Same thing, cranks but won't start. Day 2 - Next day, I've decided to go to the office and have it towed to my brother-in-laws garage to have him take a look. But... I decide to see if it starts. Started right up, first try. Turn it off and on a few times. No problems. Drive it around my building twice, no problems. So I drive it all the way to my brother-in-laws garage... 30mins. I stop at my other office along the way to remove the hard top and store it. then go to the garage. No problems. At the garage. He cleans the EVO air filter (it was pretty dirty), he cleans the MAS & MAF, he cleans the carb. Yesterday I picked it up. It ran great! You could tell it was running smoother from the cleanings. My wife and I drive to my parents, then we go to eat, then we drive home. About one hour we drive. Just minutes before we get home... all lights go on. Lucky there was a parking lot where it stalled and so I quick navigated in there and parked. Same thing, cranks... won't start. Just went a little ago to try to start the car. No luck. Now she just cranks and will not start :( So the magic question is... Does anyone know whats going on or have had this problem before??? Is a sensor getting hot and failing? Someone said maybe the ignition switch, but I was thinking that is not the problem because my key is not stuck or anything and the car shut off as I was driving but I am not mechanically savy so I am not sure. Thanks so much for any help you guys can give!!! Chris